# Malta government urges calm after acquittal in journalist murder trial

https://mins.news/en/item/43380

- Reuters, 2026-09-03 08:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/malta-government-seeks-calm-tensions-after-acquittal-journalist-murder-trial-2026-09-03/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9933956f821100011653ca

> Malta’s government has called for calm after a businessman accused of commissioning the 2017 murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was acquitted.

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